Tag Archives: furloughs

Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale said Friday that the Pentagon will have to furlough half of its nearly 800,000 civilian workers if the federal government shuts down Monday, American Forces Press Service reported Friday. Jim Garamone writes uniformed military and contractor personnel will continue in their jobs even if Congress does …

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told employees in a memo that many civilian workers would be temporarily furloughed in the event of a government shutdown, the American Forces Press Service reported Monday. Jim Garamone writes government functions that are supported by appropriated funds would have to stop if Congress and the White …

The FBI will enact 10 furlough days under the sequester next fiscal year and operate with only a skeleton crew on those days, The New York Times reported Thursday. Michael Schmidt writes officials told the newspaper that the bureau may recall furloughed agents in circumstances such as a kidnapping or …

Almost 3,400 civilian healthcare workers at the Defense Department have left their job in the face of furloughs prompted by sequestration, USA Today reported Wednesday. Gregg Zoroya writes most of the departures occurred at Army medical centers and many transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which was exempted from …

The Merit Systems Protection Board expects to begin processing appeals submitted by furloughed Pentagon workers shortly after Labor Day, GovExec reported Thursday. Kellie Lunney writes the agency has docketed half of more than 30,000 sequester-related furlough appeals to date and intends to encode all claims in its system before starting …

A group of federal district court judges have called on lawmakers to increase judiciary funding because of how sequestration cuts impact court operations, Federal Times reported Thursday. Sean Reilly writes the sequestration has reduced federal court spending by $350 million for fiscal 2013, or about 5 percent of the previous …

More federal agencies are cancelling and reducing scheduled furloughs for the remainder of fiscal 2013 after budget reprogramming and reviews, Gov Exec reports Tuesday. Eric Katz writes that only the Office of Management and Budget has kept its original plans to implement 10 days of unpaid leave for its employees. …

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will reduce the number of furlough days for its 9,000 employees from seven to five days, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Michael O’Connell writes the HUD and the American Federation of Government Employees National Council reached a settlement to cancel the unpaid leave …

Government contractors are encountering the effects of sequestration as national and state agencies reduce spending on various products and services, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jack Moore writes that executives said their companies are trying to develop business plans and strategies to cope with federal budget uncertainties. The article says …

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